CNN: US Government Senior Officials Did Not Anticipate Iran Would Block the Strait of Hormuz

BlockBeats News, March 13th, According to CNN, multiple sources revealed that during the planning of the current action, the Pentagon and the National Security Council severely underestimated Iran's potential to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to a U.S. military strike. Sources said that Trump's national security team failed to fully consider the consequences of a worst-case scenario. Three people familiar with the closed-door meeting said that during a recent classified briefing, senior Trump administration officials admitted to lawmakers that they had not anticipated Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz in response to an attack.